Hi Benjamin, > >> Win8 devices are required to present the feature "Maximum Contact Number". > >> If the current value is 0, then, the driver can get the actual supported > >> contact count by seeing the logical_max. > > > > And for win7, it is zero? > > Well, the truth is that the Win8 specification formally describes the > values here. And to get the certification, hardware makers have to put > the right value in logical_max. > TBH, I don't care that much now with win7 devices. Most of them are a > piece of crap (not true dual fingers, problems in hid reports > descriptors, etc...), but they just work (we made the necessary > things). With the introduction of Win8, hardware makers will have to > *certify* their devices, and thus, the Win8 driver is much less > tolerant. I really think that we are going to see more and more win8 > devices, whereas win7 devices will fade out. > > I had to add this patch because I have a win8 device that has the > value associated to this field at 0, and it's the first I saw with > this behavior. As long as all existing devices are unaffected, it's fine, hence the question. Thanks, Henrik -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
